Wax,hydrogenated glyceride,chlorinated diphenyl composition



United States Patent 3,498,813 WAX, HYDROGENATED GLYCERIDE, CHLO-RINATED DIPHENYL COMPOSITION Cyril S. Treacy, Scarsdale, N.Y., assignorto M. Argueso Co., Inc., Mamaroneck, N.Y., a corporation of New ork NoDrawing. Original application July 1, 1966, Ser. No. a 562,114, nowPatent No. 3,394,095, dated July 23, 1968.

This application May 27, 1968, Ser. No. 732,048

Int. Cl. C08h 9/06 US. Cl. 106268 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Awater insoluble composition of natural wax such as carnauba,hydrogenated glyceride, chlorinated diphenyl and the remainder of fillermaterial.

This application is a division of application Ser. No. 562,114, filedJuly 1, 1966, now US. Patent 3,394,095.

This invention relates to a compound which is water insoluble and whichis particularly useful in conjunction with the machining of thin Walledarticles where the walls or portions thereof must be rigidly held duringa machining operation.

In the prior art, a problem has been presented in the holding of partsor articles requiring machining, such as cutting, grinding, routing, andthe like, particularly when the walls thereof are relatively thin. Themachining thereof may result in chattering, which has undesirableeflects on the finished article. This becomes particularly of importanceWhere automatically operated machine tools, such as those controlled bytape or similar means, are used. In the accurate machining of parts,they must be held tightly and there must not be a displacement of thewalls thereof during the machining operation.

One of the principal objects of this invention is to provide a compoundfor rigidly holding objects to be machined in a manner that will resultin rigidly holding for accurate machining and yet which will permitremoval without damage thereto.

Another of the objects of this invention is to provide a compound forrigidly holding objects in a machine whereby a greater adhesion betweenthe metal and holder is obtained than hitherto found possible.

One example of the use of the compound of the present invention is wherethe object or article to be machined is embedded therein and held on anoperating table or support of the machine. The machining operations thencan be performed upon the article without damage thereto. After themachine operations, the article can be removed from the table bysubjecting the same to heat or a suitable solvent for removing alltraces of the compound from the article.

It has been found that admixtures can be used of 4.8% by weight to 6.3%by weight of a natural wax such as carnauba, ouricury or candelilla,2.2% to 4.7% by weight of hydrogenated glycerides such as sold under thetrademark T57N by Archer Daniels Midland Company, 29% to 39% by weightof what is believed to be chlorinated diphenyl such as sold under thetrademark Aroclor 5460 by Monsanto, and 51% to 58% by weight of afiller. The total, of course, should be 100%. Preferably, the filler cancomprise 38% to 42% by weight of calcium carbonate and from 20% to 9% byweight of glass fiber.

It can be theorized that the wax serves as a hardening agent and coldflow suppressant. The chlorinated diphenyl is a resin having highadhensive properties when blended with hydrogenated glyceride.

Melt the carnauba wax, T57-N and Aroclor and raise temperature to 135C., stirring well while melting. Add calcium carbonate While stirringand maintaining temperature-at 135 C. Add glass fiber while stirring at135 C. Add Elvax 250 at 135 C. while stirring. Pour as cold as possibleinto cold pans. The melting point will be 77 C. There is no flash pointor fire point up to 315 C. A slight discoloration at 226 C. and somefrothing and bubbling at 237 C. which increases by 315 C. The specificgravity was 1.85 or .066 per cubic inch.

EXAMPLE II Parts Percent by weight by weight Carnauba wax 5. 50 4. 80Aroclor 5460. 34. 00 29. T-57N 3. 70 3. 20 Elvax 250 5.00 4. 30 Calciumcarbonate- 45. 00 39.00 Glass fi er 21. 19. 00

EXAMPLE III Parts Percent by weight by weight Caranauba wax 5. 50 5. 30Aroclor 5460 34. 00 32. 40 T-57-N-.. 3. 70 3. 50 Elvax 250 5. 00 4. 80Calcium carbonate 40.00 38. 00 Glass fiber 16. 80 16.00

EXAMPLE IV Parts Percent by weight by weight Caranauba wax 5. 50 5. 80Aroclor 5460 34.00 36.00 T-57-N. 3. 70 3. 70 Elvax 250 3.00 3. 10Calcium carbonate 40. 0O 42. 00 Glass fiber 9. 00 9. 40

EXAMPLE V Parts Percent by weight by weight Carnauba wax 5. 50 5. 50Aroclor 5460 34.00 34. 00 T-57-N 3. 70 3. 70 Elvax 250 3. 00 3.00 alciumcarbonate 38. 30 38.30 Glass fiber 8.00 8.00 Aluminum powder 5. 00 5.00Aluminum flake 2. 50 2. 50

EXAMPLE VI Parts Percent by weight by weight Camauba wax 5. 50 6. 3OAroclor 5460 34. O 39. 00 T-57N-- 3. 70 4. 25 Elvax 2 2. 00 2. 29Calcium carbonate. 35. 00 40. 13 Glass fiber.- 7. 00 8. 03

.05% Oil Green A 1839 can be added to color.

EXAMPLE VII Parts Percent by weight by weight Carnauba wax. 6. 30 6. 30Aroclor 5460. 39. 00 39. 00 T-57-N- 4. 25 4. 25 Elvax 250 2. 29 2. 29Calcium carbonate 40. 13 40. 13 Glass fiber 8. 03 8. 03

M.P., 170 F. Flash and Fire point, none to 600 F. Specific gravity, 1.85(0.66 lb./in.)

EXAMPLE VIII Parts Percent by weight by weight Carnauba wax 15. 00 5. 50Aroclor 5460 90. 00 34. 00 T-57-N 10. 00 3. 70 Calcium carbonate 108. 0040. 00 Glass fib er 55. 00 16. 80

EXAMPLE IX In the compound of Example I, the carnauba wax was placedwith ouricury wax with good results.

EXAMPLE X In the compound of Example I, the carnauba wax was replacedwith condelilla wax. In this case the melting point dropped from 168-70F. to 154 F. so that if the heat generated due to the machineryoperation raises too high, there will tend to be a soft, stickier chip.

Aroclor 5460 is a chlorinated diphenyl made by Monsanto Chemical Co. andhas the following propenies:

AcidityMaximum (mgm.-KOH per gm.) 0.07 Average coefficient of expansion(25 124 C.) 0.00179 Density- Specific gravity 25 /25 C. 1.670 Pounds pergallon 13.91 Flash point and fire point None Softening point ASTME-28 C100 to 105 Refractive Index, 20 C 1.660l.665

Elvax 250 is a high molecular weight ethylene vinyl acetate copolymersold by Du Pont, Elvax being a trademark of Du Pont. It has thefollowing general properties:

Inherent viscosity at 30 C. (0.25 g./ ml.

toluene) 0.85 Density g./cc. at 23 C 0.951 Refractive index 1.485Tensile strength p.s.i 2.000 Elongation at break, percent (ASTM D '882)750 Elastic (tensile) modulus 1475 Hardness, Shore A2 durometer 72Softening point, ring & ball (ASTM E28) 280 Cloud point in paraflin waxF T-57-N is a hydrogenated glyceride sold by Archer Daniels' MidlandCompany, Cleveland, Ohio and has the following general properties:

Melting point 5961,C. Acid number 1 maximum. Saponification value193-198. Iodine value u 1 maximum. Specific gravity at 100/20 C 0.8450.Color 5%" Lovibond max. 15Y/R. Chain length acids:

C percent 0.2 C do 28.6 013 dO Unsaturated do 1.0 Saturated do 99.0

Acidity-Maximum (mgrn.-KOH per gm.) 0.07 Average coefiicient ofexpansion 25 1240 C.) 0.00179 Density Specific gravity 25 /25 C. 1.670Pounds per gallon 13.91 Flash point and fire point None Softening pointASTME-28 C 100 to 105.5 Refractive index, 20 C. 1.6601.665

and the remainder filler material is selected from the group consistingof calcium carbonate and glass fiber.

2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the filled material is 30to 40% of calcium carbonate; and 8 to 19% glass fiber.

References Cited Payne0rganic Coating Technology (vol. 1) (Wiley) (N.Y.)1954) pp. 367-369.

MORRIS LIEBMAN, Primary Examiner H. H. FLETCHER, Assistant Examiner US.Cl. -R. 5-272; 1563Z9 @2333? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OFCORRECTION Patent 3.498.813 LJiarch 3. 1970 lnvent fl Cvril S. Treacv Itis certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and thatsaid Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

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